#B56937#B56937

#B56937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56937
RGB	rgb(181, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 26.10, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 48.08, 57.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.072 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.117 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7992, 20.2053, 6.2077)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56937 #3783B5

analogous

#B53744 #B56937 #B5A837

triadic

#B56937 #37B569 #6937B5

tetradic

#B56937 #44B537 #3783B5 #A837B5

square

#B56937 #44B537 #3783B5 #A837B5

split-complementary

#B56937 #37B5A8 #3744B5

monochromatic

#57331A #864E29 #B56937 #CD895C #DCAB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B56937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B56937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56937

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56937	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09470',
    500: '#b56937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56937;
$custom-light: #d09470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.81,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5965,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56937

secondary

#82ABC6

accent

#A3DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56937

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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